CNN host Brianna Keilar attacked JD Vance’s record, referring to it yesterday as if it were a trip to a resort. Vance’s deployment wasn’t spring break. It’s not a cushy job either, which was the gross insinuation. It’s well that Maj. Shawn Haney (ret.) came on CNN to shut down the notion that Vance did nothing in Iraq. Haney, a public affairs officer, also corrected Keilar, noting the dangers of being a combat correspondent, citing 130 individuals who did not make it home.
Marine Major calls out CNN's Brianna Keilar for her disrespect of JD Vance's service as a Marine reporter and suggestion of no danger:
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) August 9, 2024
"I saw yesterday where you talked about combat correspondent...130 heroes that served in that capacity who did not make it out of a combat zone." pic.twitter.com/bnftRSJAOr
Anybody see a response from @brikeilarcnn/@CNNPR on this?
— L A R R Y (@LarryOConnor) August 9, 2024
The official position of @CNN is that PA specialists and officers don't face real dangers in combat. Do @CNNPR/@brikeilarcnn recognize that those very same PA specialists/officers escort THEIR REPORTERS through war zones? https://t.co/5HhnUm1lSA
Then Vance's CO called out Keilar to her face. https://t.co/6vhjKzdaLz
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) August 9, 2024
Yesterday, @brikeilarcnn disgustingly suggested Vance was never in danger when he was in Iraq. https://t.co/FnJgVZkRQI
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) August 9, 2024
A retired USMC major confronts @brikeilarcnn for minimizing @JDVance's service as a combat correspondent while defending Walz's stolen valor.
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 9, 2024
"There is a hall in our Defense Information School of 130 heroes who served in that capacity who did not make it out of a combat zone." https://t.co/GAT0EF3Anm pic.twitter.com/Mc0bwkvlCM
Also, Keilar didn’t apologize or backtrack but instead engaged—to cite liberals—'bothsideism,’ going on a prolonged monologue about the perniciousness of the attacks on military records. She added that veterans who have not seen combat don’t make their service any less honorable.
She’s right, but where things go adrift relates to the timelines between Kamala Harris’ running mate, Tim Walz, and JD Vance, who deployed to Iraq. Tim Walz bolted from his National Guard unit before deployment and then lied about carrying weapons of war, later claiming to be a veteran of the Afghanistan War. Walz claimed or, at the very least, gave off the impression that he was a combat veteran and never seemed to correct people who erroneously referred to him as such.
FLASHBACK: Tim Walz thanked Nancy Pelosi at a press conference in 2007 in which she said while introducing him that "we appreciate his service on the battlefield."
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 9, 2024
CSPAN then identified Walz as an "Afghanistan veteran." pic.twitter.com/6HaKNyfKsf
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